Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-03-18
Father McGIynn Addresses a Mighty
ConCourse and Speaks EjoquantIy
of Ireland and Her People.
He Says that Rot Only Must Home Rule
be Accorded but that Ireland
Must be for Irlshmen.
Senator Jones of Florida the Speaker of
the Day at Detroit-A just
View OF the South.
FATHER M'GLYNN's ADDRESS.

MCGIynn was received with tremendous
applause. When he could make himself
heard he said 1t was holy and whole
some thought to venerste, long after their
departure, the memory of the
sainted dead. 1t impelled them
to pause amid the humdrum of their
wOrk-a-day life to contemplate their best
ideals. They were most of them chill
dren, Indirect descendants of st Patrick,
to whom the message Of the blessing was
given, and who adhered around him to
drink in eagerly the medicine he was sent
to give. After review of the work of
the apostle in Ireland, he told the story
Of Ireland's sufferings, of her children
driven from home, sacrificing everything
for liberty. He said St. Patrick had in
dOCtrinated his people with the neces-
sity of holiness Of life, and it had been
given to the people of Ire.
land to choose between that and all
held dear by the people of the world,
language, liberty and life itself. Upon
hundred battle fl lids, in thousands Of
wretCht family novels Of emigrants upon
the prAiTieS they nave chosen to die rather
Than sacrifice the one thing needfuI. II
was given to the present generation
to behold the glimmeriDgs of the dawn of
that DAY wheH all nations Of the earth
should rise up and call her blessed. The
precious doctrine that G d had given the
fir earth TO all the sons of men and he
had made Of one breath ell mankind to
stand equal in the presence of
heir maker YVES in possession
of the people of Ireland and they would
place dependence upon no man or sect If
men who should endeavOE 10 interpoSe
between them and the blessing God
had given equally to all his chill
dren. 1t might seem at first
out Of place, perhaps, for himself, priest
of the Catholic church [applause] upon
that platform which was not SO u,ucu re-
liIiOUg as political, and upon which patri-
o iC men stood who were not of that
fold, to content himself with preaching to
h N a st. PatriCk's Day sermon, but he
was q priest and never would be anYthng
else but priest tremendous applause |,
and therefore they must pardon him
wherever he stood, upon whatever plat
forB, whether he called upon patriotism
or political economy, be should inject
into his remarks something Of the nature
Of sermon. All great causes were re-
ligiOus and if religion would not go with
any cause then the fight was not worth
lighting. If that were so then life was
built upon evil bases of those who
sand, "Let rs eat and drink, for
tomorrow We die" It was but
q vulgar scramble for those good things
Of this world of which there was not
enough to go around. r 'ligion they be-
lieved to be best and to contain patriotic
and economic truths, namely that God
gave to no nation the right 10 enslave
another and the right to no man to en-
slave his brother were prefers of their
fidelity to honest truth. AL who had
Irish blood in their veins felt it course
more rapidly through their bodies IS they
perceived the approach of Ireland's iber-
ty Their hearts were with those who
were struggling in the councils of
the British Parliament for 1us-
tice to Ireland, end with those
who were trying to solve the economical
problem without the settlement Of which
the achievement Of Irish national indie
pendelce would be but half the battle
The great question for the Irish people
to-day was not SO much should they be
free from foreign dictation as should they
be erslaved, the great mass of the people
by privileged few. It matters not
whether the natives or the British are the
great bare of Ireland, 1t was not so much
foreign rule as landlordism and il mat
tered not iot whether they were
English or Irish, whether they spoke the
Celtic or the Saxon tongue. TCheers,
confusion and three groans for the Eu-{
glish government 81, while they
should have "hOme rule for Irelsnd," let
them not forget at the same time to sav,
"the land for he Irish people" In con-
clusiOn the speaker said the people in
Ireland on ST. PatrIck's Day held the land
in common. Davitt received these ira
ditions from his f0refathers.
SENATOR JONES AT DETROIT.
DETROIT, MICH, March II At the
of ST. Patrick's Day in this
city tonight Senator o. W Jones of
Florida was one OF the chief speakers.
Alter speaking OF the marvellous progress
Of this country since its fir-t settlement
he took up the subject of labor, opposing
government Interference between labor
and capital. He then said: "When we
speak Of the New South it cannot
be meant that any material change has
taken place in the character of the quail
ties OF the people, nor DO think it Geslr-
able there should be shy cbange, for am
sure, from Whist know OF them, il cne
did take place it would be for the
worse. They are ganer nus,
Open-hearted Peep e, utterly devoid Of
close calculating, selfish power. You will
and in some parts Of Inc country people
Rs strongly developed and as free from
OigOtry aud intolerance as any under the
sun. They we're greatly misunderstood
at the north before the late
civil war and are misunderstood |
yet. l have lived among them since
was fou teen years of age, and have had |
experience that few natives ever had to |
test their true character. | don't think
there is any part of the country where
could go to-day and succeed as we'll |
IS there, and Pm quite sure
Il l had been cast in any other part of
this great country, Jones of Florida |
would have never given SO much I
trouble to the newspapers as he has mi